The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Discord gives a relish to concord.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.